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Hidden instructions in resumes: hardening a screening agent

September 9, 2026 · Reqmint

Candidates and resume-optimisation tools now paste white-on-white text into PDFs telling an AI screener to rate the applicant highly. Here is how to extract text so you can see it, strip and quarantine it, keep the model away from instructions, and log what you found.

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A credential expiry watchlist that stops billing gaps

September 9, 2026 · Reqmint

Expired licenses and lapsed certifications pull contractors off assignment mid-week. This walkthrough builds a credential watchlist: one table, a rules table for lead times, an escalation ladder, and the record you keep for the client audit.

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An approval queue for agent-drafted outreach

September 9, 2026 · Reqmint

An agent that drafts recruiter outreach needs somewhere for a human to say yes. This walkthrough builds the queue: a suppression check before drafting, one row per draft with a state machine, a claim step so two recruiters cannot send the same message, expiry for stale drafts, and the write-back that puts the sent note on the ATS record.

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A redeployment report in plain SQL

August 25, 2026 · Reqmint

The Monday-morning redeployment report is one landing table, an outreach log, and two window functions. A walkthrough you can adapt to any ATS export.

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